Tour Treehouse's Free Store for Youth in Foster Care

Voiceover by Colleen O'Brien, KIRO Newsradio
The Treehouse Store is free for youth in foster care and their caregivers to shop for high-quality new and like-new clothing, shoes, school supplies, toys, books, tickets to events and other essentials.
Our store carries clothes for infants, children and teens in all sizes. We work closely with our community to ensure that items in the store reflect current trends, brands and fashions along with the basics every kid needs.
More about Treehouse's store: www.treehouseforkids.org/store

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That's great. When I was in youth refuges (youth homeless shelters in Australia. Unless youre lucky thats where you'resent if you're older, rather than foster care) I had to make do with the few donated clothes the refuge had (or stuff old residents had left behind). It was too big but there were no options. I did get one pair of pants thanks to my youth centre buying me a pair after seeing me come in every day in thin shorts in the middle of winter. Having something like this isnt just abiut basic needs of safety and comfort but dignity